Search Results for: touch screen
The Meffy Awards (Meffys) 2012 Winners with videos
October 6, 2012, by mobiThinking
Update (November 2013): The 2013 finalists and winners of the Meffy Awards are here. Awards: Meffy Awards Organized by: Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) Founded: 2004 Deadline for entries: July each year. Entry fee: UK £350 (US $568) per submission; £150 ($244) for MEF members; Start-up/NGO UK £75 ($122)... Read More
Sense and sensor-bility: access mobile device sensors with JavaScript
Just as we humans call upon our senses to provide us with data about our environment, so smartphones and tablet devices use their own digital senses – touchscreen, geolocation, orientation, direction and motion – to provide interaction and to tailor applications and games to the user and their real-world surroundings... Read More
Why mobile Web accessibility matters – best practices to make your mobile site accessible
September 13, 2012, by admin
“The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.” Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the World Wide Web. This mantra is as true for the mobile Web as it is for the desktop Web. Over a billion people worldwide live with some kind of disability, and 285 million have visual impairments (39 million are blind and 246 have low vision), according to World Health Organization (WHO). Given these numbers, what excuses are there for bad design practices that shut users out who are visually impaired and/or rely on assistive technologies?... Read More
Five-minute interview: Kerstin Trikalitis, Out There Media; MMA
September 12, 2012, by mobiThinking
In June 2012, Kerstin Trikalitis was appointed chairperson of the MMA EMEA board. She is the CEO of specialist mobile advertising agency Out There Media. The company boasts that its opt-in mobile advertising platform reaches 500 million mobile customers, via SMS and mobile Web, through partnerships with 40 mobile operators... Read More
mobiThinking guide to mobile agencies: The Hyperfactory
August 4, 2012, by mobiThinking
• Next agency profile: Mobext • All profiled agencies: Guide home The Hyperfactory: in brief Type of agency: full service. Founded: 2001 in Auckland, New Zealand. Acquisitions: Acquired by Meredith Corporation in 2010. Main offices: New York, USA (HQ); Hyderabad, India... Read More
